Balghis Badri is Director, Regional Institute for Gender Diversity Peace and Rights, Ahfad University for Women, Sudan. The University serves as the United Nations Academic Impact hub for Sustainable Development Goal 5 (Gender equality).

The Impact of COVID-19 on Women

Volunteers in the Sudan have held briefings on COVID-19 and distributed masks, gloves and sanitizing products. © UNDP
Nasrin Akter is a community organizer in Dhaka, Bangladesh, working under the UNDP Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities (LIUPC) project. She raises awareness about COVID-19 among marginalized people. © UN-Women Asia and the Pacific/Flickr

Among other measures to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women, the United Nations could develop gender-sensitive monitoring and impact checklists to assist countries with follow-up and assessment of their achievements in all sectors during the crisis.